Nonstop flight route between Vadsø, Finnmark, Norway and Warsaw, Poland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Vadsø Airport (VDS), Vadsø, Finnmark, Norway and Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW), Warsaw, Poland would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,269 miles (or 2,042 kilometers).
A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the relatively short distance between Vadsø Airport and Warsaw Chopin Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | VDS / ENVD |
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Location: | Vadsø, Finnmark, Norway |
GPS Coordinates: | 70°3'55"N by 29°50'40"E |
Area Served: | Vadsø |
Operator/Owner: | Avinor |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 127 feet (39 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from VDS |
More Information: | VDS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | WAW / EPWA |
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Location: | Warsaw, Poland |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°9'56"N by 20°58'1"E |
Area Served: | Warsaw, Poland |
Operator/Owner: | Polish Airports State Enterprise (PPL) |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 361 feet (110 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from WAW |
More Information: | WAW Maps & Info |
Facts about Vadsø Airport (VDS):
- On 4 January 1984 a Cessna aircraft crashed into the sea after take-off from the airport.
- The furthest airport from Vadsø Airport (VDS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,407 miles (16,748 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Because of Vadsø Airport's relatively low elevation of 127 feet, planes can take off or land at Vadsø Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- Vadsø Airport handled 81,772 passengers last year.
- Widerøe operated Twin Otters on the route until 1995, when the Dash 8 was introduced.
- The closest airport to Vadsø Airport (VDS) is Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen (KKN), which is located 24 miles (38 kilometers) S of VDS.
- The distance from Vardø Airport to Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen is 38 kilometers.
- In addition to being known as "Vadsø Airport", another name for VDS is "Vadsø lufthavn".
- The airport is located at Kiby, 4 kilometers east of the town center of Vadsø.
Facts about Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW):
- Warsaw Chopin Airport handled 10,683,706 passengers last year.
- Because of Warsaw Chopin Airport's relatively low elevation of 361 feet, planes can take off or land at Warsaw Chopin Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- Political events of the early 1980s caused a decline in passenger traffic, but already by 1983, there was renewed growth, especially on international routes.
- In addition to being known as "Warsaw Chopin Airport", another name for WAW is "Lotnisko Chopina w Warszawie".
- Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) has 2 runways.
- During World War II, Okęcie was often used as a battleground between the German Army and Polish resistance and was almost completely destroyed.
- The closest airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) is Historic Centre of Warsaw (WRW), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NNE of WAW.
- The furthest airport from Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,450 miles (18,426 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In 2010, the designation of terminals had changed and the entire former Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 complex is now designated as Terminal A divided into five check-in areas in two main halls.
- Formerly Warsaw-Okecie Airport or Okecie International Airport, the airport bore the name of its Okęcie neighborhood throughout its history, until its renaming for Polish composer and former Warsaw resident Frédéric Chopin in 2001.
- A rail link has been recently built at a cost of 230 million złoty to connect the airport's Warsaw Chopin Airport railway station to the Warsaw city centre.